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FEMINIST GIANT Presents: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 9d

Online course starting Oct. 21 on turning manifesto into Feminism in 3D, a day-to-day practise of defying, disobeying, and disrupting patriarchy.

FEMINIST GIANT Presents: The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
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New Online Course

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 17d

I will not whitewash the white supremacist that was Charlie Kirk. For someone so young, what an embarrassment of hatreds he left us to excoriate him with.

Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead
www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 18d

Charlie Kirk took the most repugnant white Christian nationalist zealotry from the places it festered in the odious margins and moved it to the Trumpian mainstream.

Speak ill of him. It is the truth. www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

Essay: The Right to Call Me a Cunt

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 18d

My latest essay is about Karen Attiah, Jimmy Kimmel, and the upside down white supremacist world that is the United States

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(L) Karen Attiah, photo via karenattiah.com (R) Jimmy Kimmel, photo Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

Essay: The Right to Call Me a Cunt

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 19d

If we are to win the fight against fascism in the United States, our fights must be more than just those of white men against a white supremacist regime.

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(L) Karen Attiah, photo via karenattiah.com (R) Jimmy Kimmel, photo Andy Kropa/Invision/AP

FEMINIST GIANT Presents: Menopause in Literature and Popular Culture

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 22d

Menopop!

Today--my online course on Menopause in Popular Culture begins at 7pm Eastern..

There's still time to register:

www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

Let's dive into how menopause is portrayed in books, movies, and TV shows - join us for an insightful and no-holds barred journey!

FEMINIST GIANT Presents: Menopause in Literature and Popular Culture

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 25d

Handful of places left for my online course: Menopause in Literature and Popular Culture.

Join me!

Starting Tuesday Sept. 16 at 7pm Eastern www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

Let's dive into how menopause is portrayed in books, movies, and TV shows - join us for an insightful and no-holds barred journey!

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 26d

Charlie Kirk took most repugnant white Christian nationalist zealotry from places it festered in the odious margins & moved it to the Trumpian mainstream, becoming a millionaire who moved into a $4.75mn estate in the process.

Speak ill of him. It is the truth.

www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 26d

The U.S. is talented at political amnesia. It kicks in virulently when someone odious dies.

For someone so young, what an embarrassment of hatreds Charlie Kirk left us to excoriate him with.

I will not whitewash the racist, sexist, bigot that he was.

www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 27d

The Patron Saint of the Male Debate Me Industrial Complex died doing what he loved–spewing hate and incitement at a debate.

Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead
www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 27d

Essay: Speak Truth of the Dead
www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-spea...

Turning Point USA Co-Founder Charlie Kirk speaks during a campaign rally, Oct.

FEMINIST GIANT Presents: Menopause in Literature and Popular Culture

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Sep 2

Menopause in Literature and Popular Cutlure online course with Mona Eltahawy, starting Sept. 16 at 7pm (Eastern time).

Space is limited.

Info and tickets below.

www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

Photo: via CBC

Two women in various states of undress standing looking shocked in a restroom

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have so enjoyed my social media break for the past month that I am continuing an open-ended break.

Working on my new book, public speaking coming up in NYC, North Carolina, Mexico, and Norway, with more on the way.

And launching my 1st online course: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

Let's dive into how menopause is portrayed in books, movies, and TV shows - join us for an insightful and no-holds barred journey!

The Water Remembers Us — Healing as Memory, Blood and Throughline - Iranti Éjè

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Aug 28

Yes--here

www.irantieje.com/panels/heali...

Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀: Remembering Blood is a groundbreaking intergenerational global gathering. It will be the first conference based in the South to focus on the menopause experiences, insights, and strength...

www.irantieje.com

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have so enjoyed my social media break for the past month that I am continuing an open-ended break.

Working on my new book, public speaking coming up in NYC, North Carolina, Mexico, and Norway, with more on the way.

And launching my 1st online course: www.eventbrite.com/e/feminist-g...

FEMINIST GIANT Presents: Menopause in Literature and Popular Culture

Let's dive into how menopause is portrayed in books, movies, and TV shows - join us for an insightful and no-holds barred journey!

FEMINIST GIANT | Mona Eltahawy | Substack

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 29

For my birthday, I lifted a personal best: 210 lbs (95.5 kg)!

I’m 58 and I weigh 155 lbs.

I’m on my social media break but I’m excited so posting this! Thank you all for birthday wishes. 💜✊🏽❤️ See you in two weeks. Thank you Jeana Fanelli my trainer! .

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you! 💜✊🏽❤️

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you! 💜✊🏽❤️

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 28

Thank you! 💜✊🏽❤️

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 28

I am taking two weeks off from all social media.

All my writing is here.

See you in mid-August!

www.feministgiant.com

FEMINIST GIANT: become a giant in your fight for feminism. Click to read FEMINIST GIANT, by Mona Eltahawy, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

Essay: Lifting Heavy Shit

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · Jul 28

It's the first day of my five-day birthday!

I am 58!

For my annual birthday essay, I wrote about how lifting heavy weights has changed my life

www.feministgiant.com/p/essay-lift...

It's My Birthdday! On Turning 58